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Renegades vs Stars, 24th Match at Melbourne, , Jan 09 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
24th Match (N), Melbourne (Docklands), January 09, 2016, Big Bash League
(18/20 ov, T:156) 156/2

Stars won by 8 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
13 (9) & 3/11
marcus-stoinis
Cricinfo's MVP
94.81 ptsImpact List
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end of over 1811 runs
MS: 156/2CRR: 8.66 
Peter Handscomb39 (30b 3x4 1x6)
Kevin Pietersen67 (43b 5x4 3x6)
Cameron Stevenson 3-0-28-1
Cameron Gannon 3-0-29-0

10.27 pm Renegades have had a poor day. They didn't score enough and when they created chances in the field they did not taken them. A comprehensive victory for their Melbourne rivals. The Stars bowling was excellent, snuffing out the Renegades big guns before they could fire, and then KP and Handscomb steered the chase to completion. Bravo was the only notable performer for Renegades tonight.

This match also had one of the strangest dismissals you'll ever see. Read all about it here.

Marcus Stoinis is the Man of the Match for his two overs in which he dismissed Gayle, White and Beaton.

Thank you for your emails today, and thank you for reading. Cheers.

17.6
2
Stevenson to Handscomb, 2 runs

Handscomb ends the game by squeezing the full ball through point, he rushes back for the second and beats the throw too, Stars have won both derbies against the Renegades this season, and comfortably too

17.5
Stevenson to Handscomb, no run

not short enough to pull, mis-timed to midwicket

17.4
1
Stevenson to Pietersen, 1 run

tries to turn the ball on the leg side from outside off and gets an edge that lobs safely over cover

17.3
4
Stevenson to Pietersen, FOUR runs

a full ball, KP lofts that so straight and hard, hitting it back over the bowler's head to the boundary

17.2
4
Stevenson to Pietersen, FOUR runs

short on the pads, KP moves across in his crease and simply pulls the ball to the deep square leg boundary, that was dismissive from the batsman

17.1
Stevenson to Pietersen, no run

good length on middle and off, defended back to the bowler

end of over 1713 runs
MS: 145/2CRR: 8.52 RRR: 3.66
Peter Handscomb37 (28b 3x4 1x6)
Kevin Pietersen58 (39b 3x4 3x6)
Cameron Gannon 3-0-29-0
Dwayne Bravo 4-0-38-1
16.6
4
Gannon to Handscomb, FOUR runs

now he smashes the ball through extra cover, hitting it very hard from the crease

16.5
Gannon to Handscomb, no run

the slower ball on a good length, defended close into the off side, KP sends Handscomb back because there was no single there, the fielder from cover got to the ball quickly but missed the stumps at the batsman's end, Handscomb was a long long way out

16.4
1
Gannon to Pietersen, 1 run

a full ball outside off, KP stays in his crease and drives through cover point

16.3
1
Gannon to Handscomb, 1 run

moves back and across to a short ball and pulls through square, not timed well though

16.2
1
Gannon to Pietersen, 1 run

swings across the line again and hits the ball through square leg

16.1
6
Gannon to Pietersen, SIX runs

a length ball on off and middle, KP stays in his crease and swings through the line, lofting the ball high and over the head of the fielder on the wide long on boundary

end of over 169 runs
MS: 132/2CRR: 8.25 RRR: 6.00
Kevin Pietersen50 (36b 3x4 2x6)
Peter Handscomb32 (25b 2x4 1x6)
Dwayne Bravo 4-0-38-1
Chris Tremain 4-0-34-0
15.6
1
Dwayne Bravo to Pietersen, 1 run

in the blockhole, KP backs away and hits the ball through the leg side, he exposed all his stumps there but brought his bat down in time, he's got to his fifty too and all but sealed this match for the Stars

15.5
2
Dwayne Bravo to Pietersen, 2 runs

it's a full toss again, angling into off and middle, KP stays on leg and drives through cover

15.4
2
Dwayne Bravo to Pietersen, 2 runs

another full toss, driven to long on, and they run a second, the fight seems to have gone out of Renegades now

15.3
2
Dwayne Bravo to Pietersen, 2 runs

stays in his crease and pushes the ball towards mid-on

15.2
2
Dwayne Bravo to Pietersen, 2 runs

a low full toss, misses the yorker length, KP drives hard and straight past the bowler

15.1
Dwayne Bravo to Pietersen, no run

tries to drive down the ground but gets an inside edge on to the pad towards the bowler, that was nearly in the blockhole

end of over 158 runs
MS: 123/2CRR: 8.20 RRR: 6.60
Peter Handscomb32 (25b 2x4 1x6)
Kevin Pietersen41 (30b 3x4 2x6)
Chris Tremain 4-0-34-0
Dwayne Bravo 3-0-29-1
14.6
Tremain to Handscomb, no run

Handscomb swings across the line but fails to connect

14.5
Tremain to Handscomb, no run

played into the off side

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Stars won by 8 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
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